The Telegram

Summary

1968 BBC production of the monologue The Telegram by Aldo Nicolaj.

Theatre play

Il Telegramma by Aldo Nicolaj (1920-2004) [more information]

Play synopsis

A monologue. ‘Laura Rossi, an actress, is packing in her Rome apartment as she awaits the arrival of a telegram. Her future depends on the film part she has been offered in Paris - will the offer be confirmed?' (Radio Times, 17 October 1968, p. 53).

Date of transmission

Wednesday 23 October 1968

Time

8.00-8.20pm

Series

Touch of Venus

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Hal Burton

Playwright

Aldo Nicolaj (1920-2004)

Translator

Anthony Paul

Designer

Cynthia Hood

Cast

Rossella Falk

Laura Rossi

Additional details

Play tags

film, as theme; Italian drama; Italy, as theme or setting

Audiovisual sources

Title

The Telegram (BBC, 1968)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 October 1968 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 53